ON A MAGICAL NIGHT- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “When Maria confesses to her mate of 20 years that she’s had numerous affairs, he’s devastated, and she takes off. Moving into a hotel across from the couple’s apartment, she’s visited by ghosts from the past as she ruminates on her marriage.”
5/9/20- Fair to good reviews for this comic drama. TRDB. On Youtube and others.
Add comment May 9th, 2020
15 YEARS- 2019. Synopsis by IMDB. “Yoav’s demons start haunting him after his best friend becomes pregnant without telling him, and after his boyfriend of 15 years starts talking about children too. His life unravels, and self-destruction seems inevitable.”
5/3/20- Fair to good reviews. TRDB.
Add comment May 3rd, 2020
OUR MOTHERS- 2020. Synopsis by IMDB. ” Guatemala, 2018. The whole country is immersed in the trial of the soldiers who sparked the civil war. Victim statements come one after another. Ernesto is a young anthropologist working for the Forensic Foundation; his job is to identify the missing. One day, while hearing the account of an old woman, he thinks he has found a lead that might guide him to his father, a guerrillero who went missing during the war. Against his mother’s wishes, he flings himself body and soul into the case, looking for truth and resilience.”
No reviews noted so far. TRDB.
Add comment May 3rd, 2020
HERE AND NOW- 2018. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A social drama told through the eyes of a young immigrant living with his little sister in the slums of the city of Ashdod and struggling to assimilate into Israeli society, who forms a hip-hop band with his three best friends. They believe that music will allow them to make their voices heard, to influence their harsh reality.”
4/23/20- I liked the movie. TRDB. As part of a Jewish Film Festival.
Add comment April 24th, 2020
UNORTHODOX- 2020. About a Hasidic woman in Williamsburg who runs away from her community and her husband to begin a new life in Berlin.
3/26/20- Great reviews for this Netflix mini-series. TRDB.
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A FORTUNATE MAN- 2020. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “About a brilliant engineer from a lower social class than his peers and lovers.”
3/25/20- Weak reviews but I enjoyed this period piece from Denmark. TRDB.
Add comment March 25th, 2020
THE WILD GOOSE LAKE- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “After killing a cop, small-time crime boss Zhou Zenong finds a large bounty on his head. As he nurses his wounds at an isolated lake, Zhou forms a bond with a hooker sent to help him — but her motives are unclear.”
3/7/20- The critics liked it a lot but audiences didn’t. TRDB.
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THE CORDILLERA OF DREAMS- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “Filmmaker Patricio Guzmán has lived in exile from his native Chile for more than 40 years, but the country has never been far from his mind. In the final chapter of his Chilean trilogy, Guzmán turns a meditative lens on the cordillera of the Andes.”
3/1/20- Excellent reviews for this foreign documentary. TRDB.
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FLESH OUT- 2020. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Verida is a modern girl. She works in a beauty salon, is addicted to social media and hangs out with her friends. Still, she is engaged to a man chosen by her family. Like many girls her age, she is under pressure to gain a substantial amount of weight in a tradition called gavage, in order to reach the voluptuous body considered in Mauritania a sign of great beauty, charm, wealth and social status.”
2/27/20- Uniformly excellent reviews. TRDB.
3/1/20- I just saw this and I liked it– not great but very good and a window into another culture. TRDB.
Add comment February 27th, 2020
YOUNG AHMED- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “Living in rural Belgium, Islamic teen Ahmed falls under the sway of his local imam, a political extremist who challenges Ahmed to live a more pious life. But he soon takes his religious teachings too far when he commits a shocking and violent crime.”
2/21/20- Poor reviews with a few really good ones here and there. I’d try it. TRDB.
Add comment February 21st, 2020